Remembering Rohatyn and Its Environs

On March 20, 1942, thousands of Jews were rounded up and brought to the Rohatyn train plaza. From there, the Jews were loaded onto trucks and sent off to be murdered and buried en masse. As they were being ushered forward, many saw a chance to save a child. That child was Donia.  On that day, Donia promised to find a way to remember those people and to bring her town "back to life."  She acquired the permission from the Rohatyn Society to have the town's Yizkor Book translated so that